Ford Prize
E631440
Mathematical Association of America award
academic award
expository writing award
mathematical writing award
The Ford Prize, now known as the Lester R. Ford Award, is a prestigious mathematical writing award presented by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository articles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ford Prize canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6959018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ford Prize Context triple: [Lester R. Ford Award, formerName, Ford Prize]
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A.
Sonning Prize
The Sonning Prize is a prestigious Danish award given for outstanding contributions to European culture.
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B.
Wolf Prize
The Wolf Prize is a prestigious international award presented in several scientific fields and the arts, often regarded as one of the most important honors after the Nobel Prizes.
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C.
Draper Prize
The Draper Prize is a prestigious international engineering award presented by the National Academy of Engineering to honor outstanding achievements that have significantly benefited society.
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D.
Charles Frankel Prize
The Charles Frankel Prize is a prestigious American award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of the humanities.
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E.
Kavli Prize
The Kavli Prize is an international scientific award recognizing outstanding research in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ford Prize Target entity description: The Ford Prize, now known as the Lester R. Ford Award, is a prestigious mathematical writing award presented by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository articles.
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A.
Sonning Prize
The Sonning Prize is a prestigious Danish award given for outstanding contributions to European culture.
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B.
Wolf Prize
The Wolf Prize is a prestigious international award presented in several scientific fields and the arts, often regarded as one of the most important honors after the Nobel Prizes.
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C.
Draper Prize
The Draper Prize is a prestigious international engineering award presented by the National Academy of Engineering to honor outstanding achievements that have significantly benefited society.
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D.
Charles Frankel Prize
The Charles Frankel Prize is a prestigious American award that honors individuals for outstanding contributions to the public understanding of the humanities.
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E.
Kavli Prize
The Kavli Prize is an international scientific award recognizing outstanding research in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mathematical Association of America award
ⓘ
academic award ⓘ expository writing award ⓘ mathematical writing award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
outstanding expository articles in mathematics
ⓘ
outstanding expository articles in mathematics ⓘ |
| awardType |
writing award
ⓘ
writing award ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| domain |
mathematics education
ⓘ
mathematics education ⓘ |
| field |
mathematics
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ |
| focus |
mathematical exposition
ⓘ
mathematical exposition ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Lester R. Ford Award ⓘ |
| hasCurrentName | Lester R. Ford Award ⓘ |
| isPrestigious |
true
ⓘ
true ⓘ |
| languageOfEligibleWorks |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Lester R. Ford
ⓘ
linked to:
Lester R. Ford Sr.
Lester R. Ford ⓘ
linked to:
Lester R. Ford Sr.
|
| presentedBy |
Mathematical Association of America
ⓘ
Mathematical Association of America ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Mathematical Association of America
ⓘ
Mathematical Association of America ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ford Prize Description of subject: The Ford Prize, now known as the Lester R. Ford Award, is a prestigious mathematical writing award presented by the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding expository articles.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.